Wall for houses



Patented Mar. 12.

W. R. RAY.

WALL FOR HOUSES.

(No Model.)

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\VILLTAM REDHORE RAY, ()1? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WALL FOR HOUSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,284, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed October 3, 1888 Serial No. 287,086. (No model.)

To all who/1t it ill/try come/17 11,:

Be it known that LWILLIAM REDnoRE RAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angelcs and State of(.alifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the \Valls ofHouses, of which the following is a specification.

The invention ielatis to improvements in the walls of houses and otherstructures and in certain parts thereof; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in theappended claims.

Figure l of the drawings represents a face view of a part of a wallembodying the invention with part of the incasing-slabs removed to showthe interior supporting-fra1nes. Fig. 2 represents a transverse sectionof the same. Fig. represents a vertical longitudinal section of a partof said wall to show the con struction of the joints between thecourses. Fig. 4 represents several of said supportingframes shown inperspective and differing in shape.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a wall the innerportion of which is composed of the supporting-frames l3, laid incourses. The said frames are made of any suitable material such asconcrete or tile and are molded into any proper shape to be fittedtogether .in courses. Each frame 13 has in its periphery a surroumlinggroove, b, pref erablv acute-anglul in crosssection, and is n'ovidedwithin its interior angles with the rc-enfm-cing and su1)porting websi), there being two of said webs at each angle, equally distant from thesides of the frame. The supporting-framcs are laid in regular courseswith the grooves, which register in adjoining frames, tilled in withcement ormortar (I, and hooporstrap iron laid at intervals in saidgrooves to bind. the courses, as shown.

The preferred means of connecting the slabs to the frames is as follows:The slabs are provided with surround ing peripheral grooves (I, whichregister in adjoining slabs and on their inner surfaces with llanges (1parallel to and near the inner surfaces of the corresponding frames andinclining slightly thereto. The grooves d and spaces between the flangesd and supporting-frames are filled with cement, as shown at 1* f. \Yhenof such material as marble, the slabs are rabbeted instead of beinggrooved around their edges. When the slabs are in place, the flanges drest against the adjacent webs I) of the supporting-f-rames. The wallthus formed may be dressed or ornamented in an y desired manner and thejoints and screws thus hidden.

The advantages of the above construction are that the walls are lightand durable, are fire, damp, and vermin proof, lathing and plasteringare rendered unnecessary,much mate rial is saved, and there is muchsavin of labor in building the walls. The method of walling is intendedto take the place of studding in frame houses, and ispreferable theretobecause of its fire-proof qualities.

The cement or mortar in the acute-angled grooves Z1 forms a doubledovetailed binding between the courses.

Additional strength is given to the wall by introducing the hoop-ironband at intervals, placing the hoop-iron in the grooves continuouslyalong the wall, the cross-walls being tied thereto in a similar manner.

llaving described my invention, I claim 1. A supporting-frame for theinterior of a wall, molded of any suitable n1aterial-such asconcretc-into any proper shape to be laid in regular courses, with,similar frames and provided with a surrounding peripheral groove toregister with the similar grooves in adjoining frames, and receive asuitable binding material such as cement or mortar-substantially asspecified.

2. In the wall of a house or other structure, the interior framing,composed of similar supporting-frames laid in. regular courses andprovided with register-in ueripheral acute angled grooves, a suitablecement within said grooves, and lengths of strap or hoop iron laid atsuitable intervals in said registering grooves to bind the coursestogether,substantially as specified.

23. In a wal.l,the combination of the hollow supportingframes, molded ofsuitable material and in proper shape, provided with surroundingperipheral grooves and laid in rcgu lar courscs with their groovesregistering and tilled in with a suitable cement, and incasingslabscorresponding in area and contour to the supporting-frames and securedthereto with their edges meeting and registering with the joints betweensaid frames, substantially as specified.

l. In a wall, the combination, With the 1101- low supporting-frames B,provided with the a peripheral grooves 17 and the Webs b in theirinterior angles, of the incasing-slabs D, provided with the grooves cland the fianges d, the grooves and spaces between the flanges d andsupporting-frame being filled with cement or mortar, substantially asspecified.

5. The hollow supporting-frames 1), adapted to be laid in regularcourses, with similar \VILLIAM REDMORE RAY.

Witnesses:

O. MORGAN, JOHN A. WALLs.

